THE region’s most upmarket charity shop is looking for creative volunteers to help refashion its stock.

The Oxfam Boutique, in Durham City, which only offers stock from major fashion designers and is thought to be the only outlet of its kind outside London, said it is looking for creative and talented people who can stitch, sew, bead, or button items of clothing and jewellery.

The next meeting of the shop’s sewing group takes place at its premises on Elvet Bridge on Thursday, March 8 at 6pm and again every alternate Thursday.

The charity is also asking for people to donate buttons, beads, broken bits of jewellery, trims and ribbons. For further information, please ring 0191 384 7442.